re: X-Men Days of Future Past Thoughts and Reviews (With Spoilers)

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All of this. There's a ton of "follow the critics" groupthink when it comes to ASM2. Comparing it to SM3 is a joke. SO MANY VILLAINS OMG. Except there weren't. There was one main villain for 80% of the movie. A secondary villain who shows up after the first for 19% of the movie. And a 3rd villain who shows up to do nothing other than hype the 3rd film. I was emotionally invested in ASM2 more.

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But there wasn't a plot. It was just Spider-Man pissing people off for no real reason and then they do something at the end. Seriously, why not give the blood to his so-called best friend in order for him to survive? Electro had 0 motive for going after Spider-Man. Things just conveniently happened.

This film had a very easy to identify plot, we know the character's motives, there's a clear arc, and we know the consequences if they failed.